Verbal Reasoning Practice Set 1 (Two) Flashcards by Desmond Fambrini | Brainscape

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Prolific

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Intellectually productive

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Prosaic

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Not challenging

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Spurned

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Reject with contempt

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Reticent

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Shy

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Scurrilous

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Expressing offensive reproach

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Deriding

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Strong negative reaction

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Abjured

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Rejected strongly

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment

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Acclamation

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Enthusiastic approval

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Infallibility

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Not being wrong

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Bemusement

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Puzzle, confuse, bewilderment

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Malfeasance

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Wrongfully conducted

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Nepotism

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Favoritism towards family

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Fatuous

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Devoid of intelligence

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Devoid

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Entirely lacking

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Ribald

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Humorously vulgar

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Snubbed

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Behave coldly towards

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Patronized

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Sponsorship

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Cultivated

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Develop individual image

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Imprudent

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Lacking self restraint

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Ingenious

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Showing incentive skill

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Toothsome

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Acceptable to taste or mind

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Ignominious

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Deserving of shame

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Mystique

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Aura of mystery

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Acument

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A tapering point

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Acridity

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Sharply disagreeable, bitterness

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Trenchancy

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Forcefulness of thought or opinion

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Mellifluous

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Pleasing to the ear

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Euphonic

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Euphony=pleasing sounds

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Extirpate

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Remove or destroy completely

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Recondite

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Difficult to penetrate

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Momentous

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Event or change of great importance

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Detritus

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Remains of something

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Bedlam

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State of extreme confusion

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Wagging

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Witty, joking

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Vociferous

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Vehement or clamorous

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Vehement

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Intense, showing strong feeling

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Clamorous

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Jostling, making a loud confused noise

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Mien

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Dignified manner

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Attestation

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Evidence by which something is attested

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Convalescing

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Getting over an illness

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Enfeebled

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To make weak

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Evocative

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Bringing strong images or feelings

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Truculent

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Defiantly aggressive

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Panegyrical

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Formally expressing praise

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Phlegmatic

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Showing little emotion

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Catholic

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Diverse or widespread, free from prejudice

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Dilettantish

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Showing superficial interest

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Eclectic

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Mixture of styles

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Ambrosial

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Worthy of the gods, pleasing to taste

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Apogee

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Final climactic stage

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Encroachment

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Influencing strongly

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Forewent

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Eschew, avoid

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Interpolations

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Interject, interposing

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Curtailed

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Cut short

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Advent

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The arrival of a notable person

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Collusive

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Secret or illegal cooperation

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Cooperation

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Working together

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Predatory

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Seeking to exploit or oppress

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Inimical

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Not friendly